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Four men and two women convicted over child sex grooming ring

Four men and two women have been convicted at Sheffield Crown Court of a range of offences involving the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in Rotherham. Two other defendants were cleared of all charges.

Brothers Arshid and Basharat Hussain were found guilty of multiple rapes and indecent assaults of teenage girls as part of a child sex grooming gang in Rotherham following a trial.

A third brother, Bannaras Hussain, 36, admitted 10 charges including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at the beginning of the trial at Sheffield Crown Court.

Two women - Karen MacGregor, 58, and Shelley Davies, 40 - were found guilty of conspiracy to procure prostitutes and false imprisonment following the trial.

Qurban Ali, 53, was cleared of all the charges he faced except one of conspiracy to rape.

Brothers Majid Bostan, 37 and Sajid Bostan, 38, were cleared of all charges following the trial.

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Child sex grooming ring victims in court for verdict

Some of the 15 women who were victims of a child sex grooming ring in Rotherham were in court to see their abusers convicted today.

Three men - brothers Arshid and Basharat Hussain and Qurban Ali - and two women - Karen MacGregor and Shelley Davies - were found guilty at Sheffield Crown Court of a range of offences involving the sexual exploitation of teenage girls in the South Yorkshire town.

A fourth man - Bannaras Hussain - had admitted 10 charges including rape, indecent assault and assault occasioning actual bodily harm at the beginning of the trial.

During the trial, a jury of six men and six women had heard women describe how they were targeted in their young teens and subjected to brutal treatment as they were passed around men who raped and beat them.

Some described how they were trafficked, locked up, physically assaulted and threatened with death.

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